Hydrothermal synthesis and structural characterization of Zn(II)- and Cd(II)-pyridine-2,3-dicarboxylate 2D coordination polymers, {(NH 4) 2[M(μ-pydc) 2]·2H 2O} n

Abstract

In this study, two novel coordination polymers {(NH 4) 2[M(μ-pydc) 2]·2H 2O} n (M = Zn(II), 1 and Cd(II), 2) (H 2pydc = Pyridine-2,3-dicarboxylic acid or quinolinic acid) have been hydrothermally synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR and single crystal X-ray diffraction. It has been observed that 1 and 2 have crystallized in the monoclinic space group P2 1/n. The M(II) ions are coordinated by the tridentate pydc bridging ligand through the oxygen atom of the carboxylate groups and the nitrogen atom of the pyridine ring in a bidentate manner and the oxygen atoms of carboxylate groups of other pydc ligands forming a distorted octahedral geometry. X-ray single crystal structural analyses put forth that two-dimensional frameworks were formed, and were assembled into a three-dimensional supramolecular structure by intermolecular N–H⋯O and O–H⋯O hydrogen bonding interactions.